Cigarette-box.



M. H. BETTS.

CIGARETTE BOX. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13, I915.

Patented Jan. 2,1917.

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specification oftettcrs Patent.

Patented are, a, tort;

Application @ctohcrtt, leis. serial No. as,

To all whom it may concern;

the provision of a receptacle of this char.

acter which will he so designed that the cigarettes may he singly projected therefrom to a position where they may he readily removed without necessitating the opening of the closing flap.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of the d mentioned which may be stamped from a single blank of material, thus reducing the cost or" the manulacture of the article to a minimum.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of means for efiecting a single delivery of the cigarettes from the package, and the formation oil such means, whereby it may he normally sealed by the revenue stamp so that during the process of arranging the package for the discharge or the contents thereof, the revenue stamp will he properly mutilated and destroyed.

in the drawings; Figure l is a perspective view of the box showing the same in its normal sealed condition. Fig. 2 is a similar vievw showing the device operatively are ranged tor the single delivery or the cigarettes. Fig. 3 is a plan viewer the blank. Fig. 4t is a plan view showing the look collapsed or folded.

The box is formed of a single blank of material such as illustrated in Fig. l, the said blank being stamped so as to'form-rela- .tively broad side walls'l and 2, and end walls 3 and l. The blank is scored or weak ened along the parallel lines 5-1) so as to permit the material to be folded so that the wall 3 may beextended at right angles to the walls 1 and 2 when'the box is set up.

The wall 4 is formed as a continuation of the wall 2, being located at the normal free end thereof, and as shown, the material is" scored along the lines c-0 so that the mentioned wall 4 may also be folded to lie at right angles to the walls 1 and 2. Extended from the wall 4: is a securing tab 5 provided at one side with an adhesive 6 which may he moistened and scour to the inner "face or the wall 1,

Along one ofthe longitudinal edges of the wall 1 is an extension of the material from which the blank is formed which isdesigned respectively to form a wall 7 for the receptacle and a closing flap 8 Along the opposite edge of the wall l, the material is provided with an extension subdivided into another wall forming portion 9 and a sealing flap 10. This extension is scored along the parallel lines (Z-03 so that the fiap 10' may he respectively flexed and err-I. tended into and out oi the package, as will he understood. However, and in view of the purpose of the invention there is no traces sity of ever moving the flap 16 out of the package after the cigarettes are placed therein, and it may, therefore, he desired to permanently secure said flap it) to the wall 2 Aside from scoring or weakening the last mentioned extension along the lines ld the wall tog portion 9 is, slit along the parallel lines l1-ll, the slits being extended in the same general direction as the weakened or mentioned scored portions M so that the intervening material between the slits is adapted to torma'relatively flexible tongue 12 having its extremity 13 extended to a pointloeyond one side oi" the package, as shown in Fig. l, I

As stated, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a means, whereby, the cigarettes that are contained within the package may be singly discharged or at least projected, for a sufi'icient distance from the package to permit the same to he very conveniently withdrawnhy the user as the occasion may demand. The

width of the package or box is approximately equal to the diameter of the cigarette contained there-within. This is preferred in order that the cigarettesmay very uniformly gravitate in the direction ofthe I provide means which will prevent the original contents or the package to be removed and an inferior article or brand substituted therefor. It is now stated that"in order to bring about this object the revenue stamp, such as shown at B in the drawings,

lllll is. adapted to be secured to the respective sides ofthe package or to thewalls 1 and I 2- thereof, while the connecting portion '0.

of said stamp is adapted to be extended over the flexible tongue 12,-the end 13 of the latter being extended to a manipulating distance beyond the portion .C in order-that it may be grasped between the fingers of the hand,-and the stamp B destroyed in the act, of pulling in an. outward direction upon the portion 13; In this manner the I stamp is not only destroyed but the flexible discharge tongue 12 is rendered loose or free, so that it may be flexed to the position shown in Fig. 2.

' After, you mightsay, ripping the stamp G to free the tongue12, the entire package ,is canted so that the tongue 12 is disposed at the bottom of the package as illustrated in Fig; 2. The package is then. held'in-one hand of. the user and by suddenly tapping the same against the other hand of the user or some relatively fixed object the ciga rettes will be forced under the impact of striking the package against the tongue 12 and the latter flexed to the discharge posi-f.

tion shown in Fig. 2, so that at least one cigarette will be projected to a position where it may be'conveniently' grasped between the fingers of the hand of the user,

and removed from the package. After re-' moving a single cigarette from the package the tongue 13 may. of its own inherent .resiliency, assume a' substantially normal. condition so as to prevent any accidental discharge of the contents ot the package." It may also be described that should the operage, he may manually manufacturer of the cigarettes.

ator or user. of the package wish to positively'insure himself against any accidental discharge of the cigarettes from the packress thetongue. 12 to a point where its 'si es will frictionally come againstth'e inner surfaces of the walls 1 and 2. The tongue 12- is then very 'securely held against accidental opening, as

will be understood.

The wall 7 and the flap 8 thereof are held permanently sealed against the package by 'a'stamp D. of the kind which is. commonly usedto designate the factory license of the What is claimed as new is:

. A single delivery cigarette box provided with a discharge opening and also having awall near one corner of the receptacle,

whereby the tongue maybe initially raised ,v

to destroy said destructible means.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAJQR- H. BETTS. Witnesses:

M. E. LAUcnLm, Gaoi'A. Ema. 

